Bligh had the Judge-Advocate, Richard Atkins, issue an order for John Macarthur to appear on the matter of the bond on the 15th of December 1807.

Johnston, instead, had gone to the jail and issued an order releasing Macarthur, who then drafted a petition calling for Johnston to arrest Bligh and take charge of the colony.

A private village was established on land donated by James Macarthur and cleared by convicts in order to house and service members of the Macarthur family and their employees.

In December 1807 Bligh had an order issued for Macarthur to appear before the courts, which Macarthur refused to obey and subsequently was arrested and bailed for a trial on 25 January 1808.

The Supreme Commander of operations was the United States General Douglas Macarthur, with Australian General Thomas Blamey taking a direct role in planning and operations being essentially directed by staff at New Guinea Force headquarters in Port Moresby.

The Governor of New South Wales, William Bligh, was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston, working closely with John Macarthur, on 26 January 1808, 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded European settlement in Australia.

Soon after his arrival at Sydney, in August 1806, Bligh was given an address of welcome signed by Major Johnston for the military, by Richard Atkins for the civilian officers, and by John Macarthur for the free settlers.

Macarthur objected to Atkins being fit to sit in judgement of him because he was his debtor and inveterate enemy.

Macarthur was then appointed as Colonial Secretary and effectively ran the business affairs of the colony.

Bligh was to be reinstated for 24 hours, then recalled to England, Johnston sent to England for court martial, and Macarthur tried in Sydney.

Macarthur was not tried but was refused permission to return to NSW until 1817, since he would not admit his wrongdoing.

It is popular belief that the autocratic Bligh was removed because he threatened the huge profits that were being made from trading in spirits by the officers of the NSW Corps and by businessmen such as John Macarthur.

The Biography of Early Australia dismisses Macarthur's complaints as ridiculous and quotes Evatt as saying that legally Macarthur was guilty of two out of the three charges brought against him including sedition.

He noted that it was tame, and that James Macarthur had kept a pair at his home in Camden.

Oxley denied that he had been a partisan of Macarthur when Bligh was deposed, but his letters show that he was on very intimate terms with the rebel leader.

In 1812 he became engaged to Elizabeth Macarthur ; this was broken off when her father discovered the extent of Oxley's debts.

Macquarie was ordered by the British government to arrest both John Macarthur and Major George Johnston, two of the leaders of the Rum Rebellion.

Patrick Francis Daniel " Pat " Farmer ( born 14 March 1962 ), an ultra-marathon athlete, motivational speaker, and former Australian politician, was a Member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the seat of Macarthur in south-west Sydney, New South Wales from 2001 to 2010, as a member of the Liberal Party.

Following his ultra-marathon, Farmer was approached by Howard in 2000 and encouraged Farmer to seek endorsement for the seat Macarthur.

Farmer was elected the Member for Macarthur as a member of the Liberal Party at the 2001 Federal election.

In a Liberal Party preselection ballot for Macarthur, held on 30 October 2009, Farmer was defeated by Russell Matheson and retired from politics at the 2010 federal election.

The island lighthouse was manned by a three-man team ( Thomas Marshall, James Ducat and Donald Macarthur ), with a rotating fourth man spending time on shore.

Cattle grazing near Parliament House was a common occurrence, something which amazed General Macarthur when he visited Canberra during World War II.

The Supreme Commander of operations was the United States General Douglas Macarthur, with Australian General Thomas Blamey taking a direct role in planning and operations being essentially directed by staff at New Guinea Force headquarters in Port Moresby.

As Governor of New South Wales, William Bligh was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston, working closely with John Macarthur, on 26 January 1808.

Verdot was included in James Busby's collection of 1832, and it was trialled by Sir William Macarthur in the 1840s.

On the morning of 26 January 1808 Bligh again ordered that Macarthur be arrested and also ordered the return of court papers, which were now in the hands of officers of the Corps.

Governor King had Macarthur arrested then released him and appointed him as commandant on Norfolk Island to try and defuse things.

* NPR Archives: Macarthur Genius Grant for Museum of Jurassic Technology ( Ed Heil )

However, not long after, he also received addresses from the free and freed settlers of Sydney and the Hawkesbury River region, with a total of 369 signatures, many made only with a cross, complaining that Macarthur did not represent them, as they blamed him for withholding sheep so as to raise the price of mutton.

The Corps responded with a request for a new Judge-Advocate and the release of Macarthur on bail.

Paterson sent Johnston and Macarthur to England for trial, and confined Bligh to the barracks until he signed a contract agreeing to return to England.

Post secondary education is catered to with the South Western College of TAFE, Macarthur Community College, Liverpool U3A: School for Seniors, University of Western Sydney English Language Centre and the School of Arts in Macquarie Street.

In London he applied for the post of Naval Officer in Sydney, and then, after paying Charles Grimes to resign, according to John Macarthur, he twice sought that of surveyor-general.

However, by the time Macquarie arrived in Sydney in December 1809, both Macarthur and Johnston had already sailed for England to defend themselves.

Re-erected at the Museum it stands as a monument to Mary Macarthur and her campaign to establish a national minimum wage in the ‘ sweated trades ’ where people worked long hours for poverty wages typically in appalling conditions.

During the following years he played for the Macarthur Rams on a rep level and progressed on further as he aged.

Category: Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Macarthur

The deaths of Thomas Marshall, James Ducat ( who left a widow and four children ) and Donald Macarthur ( who left a widow and two children ) cast a shadow over the lighthouse service for many years.

The line is four tracks between Wolli Creek junction and just past Kingsgrove Station, then two tracks to Glenfield junction, Campbelltown and Macarthur, except for several stations with three platforms at Revesby, East Hills, Glenfield, Campbelltown and Macarthur.

The election for the First Victorian Parliament was held during the spring of 1856, the first Victorian Members of Parliament met on 21 November 1856 in the recently completed parliament house and were sworn in, and on 25 November 1856 the First Victorian Parliament was officially opened by Acting-Governor Major-General Edward Macarthur.